Under ₹100 per head you are buying a token, not a gift, and it is worth being honest about that internally before ordering. Realistic options are a small sweets packet, a single branded pen, a diya, or a printed card. Nothing durable is available — the cheapest branded steel bottle costs more than twice this. This budget works for very large-headcount gestures (factory floors, event giveaways, festival distribution to contract staff) where the point is inclusion rather than impact. If the goal is that people remember the gift, consolidate the budget instead.
Key Facts
- Budget ceiling: ₹100 per recipient.
- Certified insulated steel starts around ₹600-900 at bulk — above this tier.
- HYV MOQ from 25 units, 7–10 business-day turnaround plus 2–3 days delivery, GST invoice.
- Volume price breaks fall at roughly 100, 500 and 2,000 units.
- Gifts in kind up to ₹5,000 per employee per financial year are generally not a taxable perquisite.
HYV, for this budget
At ₹100 per head HYV cannot serve this band honestly — our bulk rates start above it. The corporate page sets out where the range actually begins. Minimum order 25 units; UV printing and laser etching available.
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What ₹100 realistically buys
At ₹100 the entire budget is consumed by the item plus any printing. There is no packaging headroom, no personalisation headroom, and no durable-goods option.A branded pen costs ₹15-40; a small sweets packet ₹60-100; a diya set ₹50-80.
The honest use case is scale inclusion — a Diwali gesture to every contract worker on a site, or a giveaway at a large public event. Used that way it is appropriate. Used as the main employee gift it reads as a company that did the minimum.
Picks at this budget
- Small sweets packet — ₹60-100.
- Branded pen — ₹15-40.
- Diya or candle set — ₹50-80.
- Printed greeting card with a handwritten line — ₹10-30, and often the most appreciated item on this list.
What to avoid at ₹100
- Branded keychains and fridge magnets. The most discarded objects in Indian corporate gifting.
- Anything claiming to be steel or insulated. Not possible at this price.
- Splitting ₹100 across two items.
Ordering and timing
Engraved orders from stock ship in 7–10 business days, plus 2–3 days delivery; made-to-order colours take 60–90 days. For Diwali — early November in 2026 — lock orders by early October, because production capacity and courier networks both congest in the final fortnight.
This describes the shape of the rules as they generally apply in India and is not tax advice. Positions change and facts differ — confirm with your CA or finance team before relying on any of it.
Ordering from HYV
HYV manufactures insulated stainless steel drinkware in India — its own branded range and production for other brands — at 50,000+ pieces per month. HYV makes BIS-certified bottles. Over 1,000 corporate orders fulfilled.
MOQ from 25 units.7–10 business-day turnaround plus 2–3 days delivery.GST invoice.PAN India delivery. Co-branded orders (HYV × your brand), laser logo engraving on 18/8 SS 304 steel, 11 standard colourways with Pantone matching from 1,000 units, branded gift boxes, and contract manufacturing under your own brand at volume.
Free branding mockup: send your logo and HYV returns a digital mockup within 24 hours, before you spend anything.Request a free mockup →
Budget bands are easier to compare side by side than one at a time.The complete corporate gifting guide for India covers what every band from under ₹300 to above ₹2,500 actually buys, alongside lead times, MOQs, GST and the personalisation costs that decide the real per-head figure.
Volumes, lead times and what moves them
| Order size | Typical unit price | Lead time | Customisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25–100 | ₹1,200–2,000 | 7–10 business days + 2–3 days delivery | Laser engraving |
| 100–500 | ₹1,000–1,700 | 7–10 business days + 2–3 days delivery | Engraving or UV print |
Prices are indicative for insulated steel and move with specification, colourway and packaging. Lead times quoted in August do not hold in October — the fortnight before Diwali is the worst time to discover that.
What pushes a quote up: Pantone matching below the threshold where it is standard, custom packaging, split deliveries to many addresses, and late artwork changes. What pulls it down: a single colourway, one delivery point, and a decision made early enough that the supplier is not paying for expedited production.
What makes a corporate gift work
The measure is not how it looks unwrapped. It is whether it is still in use three months later, and whether the recipient can tell it cost thought rather than budget.
- Daily use beats occasion use. Something on a desk every morning outperforms something used twice a year.
- Restraint in branding. A subtle mark reads as a gift; a logo-covered item reads as merchandise, and merchandise gets left in the office.
- One good item beats a bundle at the same total cost, almost without exception.
- Uniformity matters internally. Visibly different gifts across a team creates a conversation nobody wants to have.
The finance questions that come up every year
- GST input credit. Input tax credit is generally not available on goods disposed of by way of gift. Budget GST-inclusive rather than assuming recovery — this is the single most common budgeting error in corporate gifting.
- Employee perquisite. Gifts in kind up to ₹5,000 per employee per financial year are generally outside perquisite treatment, with the excess added to taxable salary. It is an annual aggregate, so a Diwali gift plus a joining kit plus a work-anniversary gift count together.
- GST rate. Insulated steel drinkware sits under HSN 9617 at 18%.Glass falls under 7010 and PET under 3923, both at 18% — two similar-looking hampers can carry different tax depending on contents.
- Invoicing. Confirm the supplier can issue a GST invoice against your GSTIN before you order, not after delivery.
This is general information from a supplier, not tax advice — confirm the treatment with your own finance team, whose reading of your circumstances is the one that counts.
More questions
What is the tax-free limit for gifts to employees in India?
Gifts in kind up to ₹5,000 per employee per financial year are generally not treated as a taxable perquisite, with the excess added to taxable salary. It is an annual aggregate, so a Diwali gift, a joining kit and a work-anniversary gift count together. Confirm with your finance team.
How do we choose a corporate gifting supplier?
Ask four things before anything about the product: can they invoice against your GSTIN, will they make a branded sample before the full run, what is the real MOQ for customised versus stock items, and who owns split delivery to home addresses.
Should corporate gifts be branded?
Lightly.A subtle mark reads as a gift; heavy branding reads as merchandise and materially reduces the chance the item leaves the office.
If you want the fuller picture, see the full comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
What corporate gifts can I get under ₹100?
Under ₹100 per head you are buying a token, not a gift, and it is worth being honest about that internally before ordering. Realistic options are a small sweets packet, a single branded pen, a diya, or a printed card.
Can I get insulated steel bottles under ₹100?
No.Genuine double-wall vacuum insulated steel starts around ₹600-900 per unit even at bulk. Anything claiming insulation under ₹500 is single-wall or plastic.
What is the minimum order quantity?
HYV takes co-branded and engraved orders from 25 units on a 7–10 business-day turnaround plus 2–3 days delivery, with volume pricing improving at roughly 100, 500 and 2,000 units.
Ordering from HYV: co-branding, bulk and OEM
HYV manufactures insulated stainless steel drinkware in India — its own branded range and production for other brands — at 50,000+ pieces per month. HYV makes BIS-certified bottles. BIS IS 17526:2021 is the Indian standard that physically tests hot and cold retention rather than accepting the claim on trust. Over 1,000 corporate orders fulfilled.
| Route | What it is | MOQ | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-branded | HYV × your brand, both marks on the product | From 25 | 7–10 business days + 2–3 days delivery |
| Logo engraving | Your logo laser-etched on an existing HYV product | From 25 | 7–10 business days + 2–3 days delivery |
| Custom colourway | Brand-matched Pantone colour | 1,000+ | 60–90 days |
| Contract manufacturing / OEM | Production under your own brand, to your spec | Volume-dependent | Quote on brief |
Why co-branding beats plain logo merchandise
This is the decision most procurement teams never consciously make. An employee or client receiving a bottle carrying only your company logo reads it as merchandise — and the default assumption about merchandise is that it was bought cheaply, because most of it is.A co-branded product carries a recognisable maker's mark alongside yours, which signals the item is a real product someone would have bought rather than something ordered in bulk to fill a gift bag.
The effect shows up in whether the thing gets used or drawered. If the point of the exercise is that your brand stays visible on someone's desk for the next five years, the maker's mark is working for you, not competing with you. Plain white-label still makes sense when the product genuinely is yours — a retail line, a subscription insert — but for gifting, co-branding is the stronger call.
What you get
- Laser engraving on 18/8 SS 304 steel — permanent, no peeling
- 11 standard colourways, or Pantone matching from 1,000 units
- Branded gift boxes, message cards, co-branded outer cartons
- GST invoice, PAN India delivery, dedicated account manager
Free branding mockup: send your logo and HYV returns a digital mockup — your mark laser-engraved on the bottle and colourway you choose — within 24 hours, before you spend anything.Request a free mockup →
Bulk pricing by budget
For per-unit trade pricing at volume, see corporate gifts under ₹500 — the full rate card from a 25-unit minimum, with engraving included.
Or browse the full corporate gifting range — every bottle, tumbler and coffee mug we make, engraved with your branding.
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